King Kong (19330 on the Big Screen

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January is reeeally creepin' me out!

The other day when we were out having dinner at a local restaurant, I picked up the newspaper to check out the funnies. Two things stuck out for me. First, I realized that I don't read the newspapers comics much any more, and that about half of the comics in this particular paper I had never seen before. And second, I loved the artwork in the final panel of this Doug Eat Dog cartoon enough that I took that page home with me. And by the way, Doug Eat Dog is one the ones I had never heard of before.

Little Golden Book Monday #82

Today's Little Golden Book is kind of scary. First off there are the scary looking dolls on the front cover. And then there is the fact that this book looks like someone, or SOMETHING ate the book, just have a look at that back cover! And be sure to check out Bert on the back cover... her certainly looks a little freaked out about something. Even scarier is the fact that my wife saw me scanning this book and asked where I got it? Turns out she had this book as a child (still does somewhere) and knew the story by heart.
The book is Raggedy Ann and Andy; The Little Gray Kitten from 1975.

Cracked: Jason Goes to the Hellton!

I picked up this great old issue of Cracked magazine from April 1993, with a parody of Jason Goes To Hell on the cover.
Along with all the horror movie parodies inside, it also has a 4 page listing of "Jason's Body Count". I scanned in the pages and am presenting them here for all of you trying to keep score at home. Of course this list only goes up to Part VIII Jason Takes Manhattan, so this list is for amusement only... no betting please!

Invasion of the Nibble-Bots

I picked up a pile of magazines at the Library book sale last weekend. I always love going though magazines and pulling out all the cool ads to add to my ad collection. I have a bunch of binders with page protectors in them, all full of ads. I have a Coke book, a Disney book, A Macintosh book, and a few miscellaneous books for everything else.
Here is an example of the sort of ad I am interested in. Its an ad for Cheez-It, which I am not 100% sure what that is. And from this ad, I am still not sure. I assume is it some sort of cracker product. But, who cares whey they are selling, the artwork is an awesome ode to old 1950's sci-fi movies.
I would go see this flick if it was showing at my local googaplex!

Friday the 13th: Jason's on a Joyride!

I am a huge fan of the Friday the 13th series of movies and love collecting anything to do with them. Here is a new item I picked up recently at my local thrift shop. Its the third Camp Crystal Lake novel series, Friday the 13th: The Carnival. This copy is from 1994.
The first two titles are; Mother's Day and Jason's Curse, and the inside front cover says "Coming Sept 1994, the fourth book in the series titled Road Trip.
From the back cover: The Legend of Camp Crystal Lake. Once there was a boy named Jason Voorhees who drowned at summer camp when the counselors weren't watching. First, his mother got revenge. Then, Jason rose from the grave. And now, everyone knows you can't kill a legend... but a legend can kill you.
Friday the 13th: The Carnival. Summer school's a drag. And to four young students, nothing sounds better than a traveling carnival to break up the boredom. unfortunately, the carnival has pitched its tents at the old Crystal lake campgrounds - where the murderous spirit of Jason seeks out new fun and games. It's the perfect place for four teenagers looking for thrills and chills. Especially chills. Because Jason's evil is running the show. The fun house is a real scream... and the roller coaster's a killer.

Some Great Halloween Comic Reading

Being that Halloween is less than a week away, I thought I would post some recent comics that would make for some great Halloween reading.
First off we have Slave Labor Graphics Haunted Mansion comic which is based on the famous Disneyland attraction of the same name. Shown here is the most recent issue, #6. SLG obtained the rights to some great Disney properties including Tron, Gargoyles, Alice in Wonderland and the Haunted Mansion. Being a big Haunted Mansion fan and collector, this series was a no brainer. I was a little disappointed that SLG went with an anthology series instead of a continuing story, but each issue still manages to provide some fun reading.
Second we have another of SLG's Disney comics, Gargoyles. Again, I was a big fan of the show when it was on TV back in 1994, so when I saw this title I was also very interested. This series is very cool, as it is written by Gargoyles creator Greg Weisman and is written as a continution of the TV series as the creator envisioned. They have done a great job of creating stories that really feel like they have come right out of the cartoon series. The illustrations are done by David Hedgecock, Karine Charlesbois and Gordon Purcell and and looks great!
And finally we have the most recent comic version of Jason Voorhees and the Friday the 13th series. After comic runs in Topps, Avatar, Chaos Comics, the series now finds a home at Wildstorm, where already more than a handful of series titles have been released. This most recent one is titled Friday the 13th: How I Spent My Summer Vacation, a two issue limited series. This one is suggested for mature readers, and for good reason, as it is filled with lots of what you would expect from a Friday the 13th film - suspense, nudity and gore!
Check them out at your local comic shop this Halloween!

A Couple of Disaster Novels

Ok... who doesn't enjoy a good disaster movie? I know I do! Here are two great novels I found recently based on a couple of disasters. One is based on a movie, and the other is the basis of a movie "coming soon".
Roller Coaster is a novel by Burton Wohl and based on a screenplay by Richard Levinson & William Link. I am actually very interested in seeing this movie as I am a big coaster fan and was a subscriber of the Coaster Radio podcast. When the movie was rereleased on DVD a year or two ago, they did a podcast commentary that you could listen to while watching the movie. Being as I found the Coaster Radio guys so much fun to listen to, I am dying to get a copy of the movie so I can watch the flick while listening to their commentary. The problem is I am having a tough time finding any video rental places around town that have a copy of Roller Coaster. It looks like I will have to finally break down and buy a copy from Amazon.ca.
The second novel is The Tower by Richard Martin Stern. The cover of the book says "Coming soon as Irwin Allen's productions of The Towering Inferno. A film based in part on this novel". This movie I remember seeing the Towering Inferno at the Drive In back in the 70's, and still enjoy watching it any time its on TV.
Since I found these, I have been keeping my eyes open for novel versions of Earthquake and Airport to fill out my disaster novel collection.

Death Proof

The new double feature Grindhouse was released the theaters last week. I have not yet had a chance to see it, but will make it out to my local googleplex some time soon for sure. I am not a fan of Tarantino or Rodriquez, but, but I love the look of this double feature with all the effort they have put into making them look like old grindhouse films. The movie posters, movie trailers etc all look amazing! Being a big fan of movies such as "the Car", I am especially interested in seeing Death Proof. And I would love to own the movie poster for Death Proof. Hopefully when it comes to my local theater, I can talk the owner into giving me the poster for this one!

The DEATH Car

One of my favorite movies is "The Car", a 1977 "B" movie about a possessed car. There were others that tried this formula such as Christine, but this was the original. I remember seeing it at the Drive In when I was young and being pretty scared by this large black car that drove around mowing people down. One of the best scenes in the movie occurs at nighth, and as the car driving right though the second story window of a house, with the just the sound of its horn blaring as it crashes through the house! It scared me then, it makes me smile now.
I loved this quote from one of the review of The Car on Amazon.com, "The Car is so extravagantly cheesy as to be almost surreal. To really understand the greatness of The Car, one must compare it to John Carpenter's Christine, another haunted car film based on one of Stephen King's weakest novels. I've seen Christine once and really don't care to view it again. I've seen The Car many times and will watch it every chance I get. Accurately noted by several reviewers, "The Car" is really "Jaws" on land. This souped up automobile is a sleek black Lincoln possessing a fog horn and a bumper the size of Wilford Brimley's mustache. It runs over bikers, hitchhikers and tuba players with hungry ease, tormenting the local yokel police force with demonic glee."

I recently found this painting of a toy truck sitting on the last step of a staircase. I love the title above the painting. Although it has nothing to do with the movie, every time I see this, it makes me chuckle as I imagine someone coming down the stairs and placing their foot on this toy truck, and woosh, the same results as in the movie!

Supreme Shock Sensation of Our Time!

1n 2004 I read on the internet about a movie called The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra. It was a 2004 movie, but made to look like a 50's B horror movie. I just had to see this movie , but unfortunately it was being shown at a select few movie houses around North America. To my delight it was showing at Tinseltown in downtown Vancouver. I hopped on the skytrain and headed downtown to see this movie. I was not disappointed! It was everything I had hoped it would be and more... terrible sets, goofy lines, cheesy music, and a talking skeleton with wires making it move. What wasn't to like. I liked the movie so much that I joined the Lost Skeleton of Cadavra Yahoo group, and bought the DVD the day it was released. I also made this desktop for my computer using all the fake merchandise they pictured on their official web site. If you still have not seen this movie and you need to get a hold of a copy and see what you're missing!

Great Killer Longhorn

What's hanging on your bathroom wall? I have this really cool Rhaphipodus Hopei (Great Killer Longhorn) hanging on mine.
It's amazing what you can find at a Salvation Army thrift shop. My local Salvation Army had a window full of bugs, and butterflies all shadow boxed and labeled as if they had come from a museum. I went on the Saturday morning when the window display went on sale, and this was the only item I was able to purchase. I got there 30 minutes before the store opened, and there was already about 15 people ahead of me, and they were all there for the bugs and butterflies.
The one I was able to purchase is framed in a 8 1/2 x 11 inch shadow box, and has a small label with the Rhaphipodus Hopei name, followed by Great Killer Longhorn, and finally a name in Japanese. Unfortunately when I looked up Rhaphipodus Hopei in Google, I did not find a my bug, but something that looked more like a beetle. Apparently it looks like I bought something that was mislabelled. O well... Great Killer Longhorn is a pretty cool name for the cool bug I have hanging on my bathroom wall!

Kaden Vs the Alien

I visited my local comic shop today to pick up the latest comics etc. I have been going to Talkin' Illustrations for about 20 years now, and have become good friends with Terry the owner. While we were in the shop a few months back, I took a few photos of Kaden with the full size Alien he has on display in the shop. For fun I took one of the photos and played around in Photoshop and added a funny thought ballon to Kaden. I then sent it off to Terry via email. To my surprise, Terry asked if he could ues it in the poster for his upcoming sale. Of couse I said yes! Terry added a second tought ballon, and his current sale poster was ready. Today, while I was at the shop, Terry gave me a couple of the postcards he is giving out to promote the sale, and once the sale is over, we are getting a couple of large posters with the same image. So this is officially Kaden's first print work. He's on his way to fame and fortune!

Negadon: The Monster From Mars

After reading about Negadon: The Monster From Mars in the Summer 2006 #76 issue of G-Fan magazine, I jumped at the change to purchase a copy of the DVD when I found it on the shelf of my local Wal-Mart. After plunking my $20 bucks down, I rushed home to pop some popcorn and settle back to enjoy Negadon, the world's first completely computer generated monster movie.
The back of the DVD says: "In the year 2025, the world population explodes to over 10 billion. In search for a new place to live, mankind initiates a space exploration program entitled the Mars Terraforming Project. Step by step, mankind successfully transforms Mars into a habitable planet. But when a Japanese spaceship returning from Mars crashes on the streets of Tokyo, it unleashes a giant and vicious monster. Only Dr. Narasaki and his long-abandoned robot Miroku can save Earth and mankind."
I dimmed the lights and started the movie. I chose to watch the movie in English. The movie looked amazing, and it didn't take long (just 11 minute in) to get the first glimpse Negadon. Unlike many recent monster movies where it takes at least 50 minutes to catch a glimpse of anything remotely large and dangerous, in Negadon: The Monster From Mars, we get our first all out battle at just the 19 minute mark. With such a climactic battle, I started to wonder what could possibly happen next? I was totally shocked when the words "The End" appeared on the screen. I quickly looked at the time counter to see that the movie was only at 24 minutes. By the time all the credits had finished, the total running time of the movie was 27:21. I grabbed the box and found that nowhere on the packaging did it list the length of the movie - something that most other DVDs list. I had not finished my popcorn when it ended, so I decided to watch all the DVD extras which included an interview with the director (with English subtitles), the making of Negadon (with English subtitles), and two film shorts: Magara: The Giant Monster & Magara: The Final Showdown, plus a few other odds and ends.
I really enjoyed the movie, but did feel a little cheated that I bought it expecting a full length movie, but only got 70 minutes of content, including the movie and all the extras.
If you get the change to rent or buy this movie, I would recommend checking it out, but be sure to pop a much smaller bowl of popcorn!

Godzilla Desktop

Here is a Godzilla desktop I made for myself a few years ago. I had taken a few photos of one of my BanDai Godzilla 2000 action figures to show to a friend. I liked one of the photos so much that I decided to turn it into a desktop for my Mac. See a photo of the action figure I used here. Now you too can have Godzilla adorn your computer desktop! And while I'm talking about Godzilla, let me introduce you to G-Fan magazine. If you love Godzilla and other giants from Japan, then check out G-FAN.com. As well as being a really cool magazine, it is produced in Canada!

Haunted Mansion personalized postcard

Here is a neat little Disneyland collectible that I picked up on one of our trips to the park some time around 1999 or 2000. There was a booth/kiosk inside of Star Traders in Tomorrowland that let you take your picture and add it to one of the postcard designs they offered including this Haunted Mansion one. They printed it out on a color printer while you waited. The quality of the image looks less like the regular post cards they sell at the park, and more like something you would print on your own home printer. The postcard is a standard 4 x 5 1/5 inch postcard with the words Post Card on the back and space for a stamp. Being that I am a huge collector of Haunted Mansion memorabilia, I had to buy one. It now sits proudly in my Haunted Mansion display case in my office.